The season debut of the female Bantam Bear Cats was a successful one for the team as they took on the Regina Renegades at the Power Dodge Ice Centre Saturday.
Kamri Olfert scored early in the third to break a 2-2 tie and then Jacey Farr scored into an empty net with 30 seconds left to get the Bear Cats the win in Saskatchewan Female Bantam Hockey League action.
“They’ve been having some great practices in the last couple of weeks here,” said Bear Cats head coach Darryl Davis. “From the first practice till now has been a huge improvement and they played hard so it was a good game.”
Corey Purves and Kiley Davis also each scored for the Bear Cats. Goaltender Emmey Rae stopped all but two shots in the game for the win in her first game of bantam hockey.
The Bear Cats did a lot of the little things right in their win.
“I thought they moved the puck very well,” Darryl Davis said. “We had our D to D passes and we moved pretty good through the transitions, especially through the neutral zone.”
The Bear Cats’ next action is Saturday at Alameda against Weyburn Creekside. They play the following afternoon at Affinity Place against the Moose Jaw Mavericks.
Also in female hockey this past weekend, the bantam AA South East Goldwings won a pair of games in Swift Current over the Broncos, 4-0 and 4-3. Marci LeBlanc of Estevan scored three goals in those games for the Goldwings, and Brynn Kuntz added a single tally. Their next action is Saturday in Midale against the Parkland Fire.
The midget A Goldwings took a 5-2 loss to the Prairie Storm Fire. Hannah Jeworski and Ally Park scored for the Goldwings. They’ll play Sunday at Midale against the Regina Renegades.
The Carlyle Wildcats in that same division will play the Renegades in Regina Saturday to start their season.
The peewee Bear Cats lost both of their games on the weekend, 10-2 to the Parkland Fire and 5-3 to the Ochapowace Thunder. Kasenya Einarson and Kaylin Wilhelm scored two goals each on the weekend for the Bear Cats. Riley Scott played both games in net. Their next league action is Oct. 27 at home against the Balcarras Barracudas.
The atom Bear Cats 2 team won 14-3 over Weyburn AtoMc Red Saturday and lost 10-3 to the Weyburn DQ Blizzards Sunday. They’ll take on Weyburn AtoMc Gold Saturday in Weyburn.
The atom Senchuk Bear Cats had the weekend off from league action and will take on the DQ Blizzards in Weyburn Sunday.
